Metro
For less than N50,000, Kwara Poly graduate helps ritual killers lure ladies via social media

Adebayo Olamide Azeez, a 32-year-old graduate of Kwara State Polytechnic and ritual killer in Ogun State, has confessed to luring female victims via a social media app called MyChat.
A post shared on the Ogun State Police’s X page on Thursday revealed that Azeez, alongside Moses Abidemi Aruwaji and Maria Awuraji, a couple who are members of the criminal syndicate, was arrested in February.
The police launched an investigation after Suleimon Adijat, one of their victims, was reported missing at the Onipanu Division of the state. As disclosed by the police, the couple were arrested before Azeez, who initially ran away. He was, however, arrested on February 23.
After his arrest, Azeez mentioned how he worked with Moses by helping him get female victims through a dating platform called MyChat. The women would then be killed for ritual purposes.
While being interviewed in a video, Azeez said he started working for Moses on September 23, 2023, through January 11, 2024, because “he could not secure a job despite being a graduate of Kwara State Polytechnic”.
During this period, Azeez revealed, he would lure seven unsuspecting women to their deaths, after which Moses would pay him either N30,000 or N40,000.
Azeez said: “I have this MyChat app on my phone. Anytime he needs someone, he will tell me, and I will go to the app. That was where I met Adijat Sulaimot; I did not know her before then. It was on the app that I chatted with her, sent her an address to meet me at Atan, and took her to Awuraji’s house at Igbo Olomi Atan. She said she would collect N15,000 but I sent N6000 before she came. When she came, I met her at the bus stop, and from there took her to Abidemi Moses’ house.”
“10 female bags were recovered from the shrine of one of the previously arrested suspects, Moses Abidemi Aruwaji. The three suspects confessed to the killing of ten different ladies at the Igbo Olomi residence of Moses Abidemi,” said the police.
“The Comand is working assiduously to unravel the identity of other victims; therefore, any family whose relatives are missing is advised to come forward to the SCIID, Eleweran, Abeokuta.”
Metro
Armed men abduct Ondo farmer, labourer, ask for N15M ransom

Unknown gunmen have kidnapped a farmer and a labourer at Oke Oge in the Oba-Ile area of Akure North Local Government Area, Ondo State.
Adetunji Adeleye, the Commander of the Ondo State Security Network Agency, Amotekun Corps, who confirmed the incident to journalists on Sunday in Akure, said the duo were abducted on Saturday evening while returning from a farm not far from Akure Airport.
He said, “I can confirm to you that we are on top of the situation. They were kidnapped while returning from the farm and our men have been deployed to rescue them from the kidnappers’ den.”
Meanwhile, a family source had confirmed that the kidnappers were already demanding a ransom of N15 million from the victims families.
Metro
Insecurity! Top APC director in national secretariat reportedly abducted by gunmen

… Gunmen demand N350m ransom
A top director at the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Secretariat in Abuja, Dr. Adekunle Raif Adeniji has been abducted by gunmen.
Dr Adekunle who is the Director of Administration in the National Secretariat of the ruling party was kidnapped two weeks ago in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.
It was learnt that his abductors had contacted his family to demand the sum of N350million ransom for his release.
Neither the APC National Secretariat nor security operatives have officially commented on the incident, but sources privy to the incident have confirmed that the director is being held captive.
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Metro
Cult war left 3 d3ad in Benue, 10 nabbed in bloody clash

Makurdi was thrown into chaos on Monday as a violent cult clash in the Wadata area left three people dead.
The Benue State Police Command confirmed the killings, revealing that 10 suspects had been arrested in connection with the bloodshed.
Police Public Relations Officer, SP Sewuese Anene, disclosed to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that rival cult groups engaged in a deadly confrontation, leading to multiple fatalities.
She stated that security operatives swiftly moved in, restoring order and evacuating the corpses to the morgue.
Benue State Commissioner of Police, Steve Yabanet, has launched a full-scale investigation into the gruesome incident.
Residents of Wadata, however, expressed fear over the resurgence of cult-related violence in the area, calling on security agencies to step up efforts in curbing the menace.
Meanwhile, the police have assured the public that those responsible for the killings will be brought to justice.
Anene urged residents to remain vigilant and report suspicious activities, stating that the command had intensified surveillance to prevent further violence.
Meanwhile, heavily armed officers have been deployed to the troubled area to prevent further violence.
As the police tighten their grip on suspects, residents remain on edge, fearing fresh eruptions of gang warfare.
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